▪ Abstract Recent commentary points to clear increases in ideological polarization between
the major American political parties. We review the theoretical and empirical literature on …

▪ Abstract The study of race and US politics has always been controversial in the discipline.
Theory and evidence are often ignored or misconstrued. Furthermore, literatures that …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 WHITE BACKLASH Page 3 Page 4 WHITE BACKLASH Immigration,
Race, and American Politics Marisa Abrajano & Zoltan L. Hajnal Princeton University Press …

When news of the OJ Simpson verdict swept across the United States, a nation stood
divided as blacks and whites reacted differently to the decision. Seldom has the racial …

Today we are politically polarized as never before. The presidential elections of 2000 and
2004 will be remembered as two of the most contentious political events in American history …

Did George Bush's use of the Willie Horton story during the1988 presidential campaign
communicate most effectively when no one noticed its racial meaning? Do politicians …

Democratic accountability requires that the public be reasonably well-informed about what
policymakers actually do. Such a public would adjust its preferences for" more" or" less" …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

In recent decades, Democratic and Republican party elites have grown increasingly
polarized on all three of the major domestic policy agendas: social welfare, racial, and …

Using data from the 1976-1994 American National Election Studies and the 1992-94 ANES
panel survey, this paper demonstrates that the outcomes of the 1994 and 1996 elections …